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Meanings of combined sewer system in English

A sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer, or as an industrial sewer and a storm sewer.

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        Examples for "combined sewer"
        Examples for "combined sewer"
        1
        In addition, we studied the only wastewater treatment plant, a combined sewer overflow and a storm sewer within the area.
        Pubmed
        2
        It will attempt to crack down on the practice of releasing untreated sewage from combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
        The Guardian
        3
        The Drimnagh combined sewer, which serves suburbs in the southwest of Dublin, runs directly under the site of the project at St James's Hospital.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The bulk of it is released in periodic surges when local rainstorms overload the old-fashioned combined sewer systems of the District of Columbia and Alexandria.
        The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac / From the U.S. Depa...